Instinto de Conservacion [“Instinct for Conservation”] offers us a rare glimpse into the efforts to preserve natural ecosystems in Colombian national treasures such as the Tayrona Natural National Park and Gorgona Island’s Gorgona Natural National Park. The parks’ skillful guides educate us regarding diverse exotic- and often endangered- species, while highlighting some unique geographical, historical and touristic aspects of these spectacular sites.

After a dramatic, illegal entrance into a Colombian world heritage site, the Tayrona Natural National Park, our hostess explains the reasons why this is damaging to the park's ecosystems as well as giving us an introduction to the many adventures that await us in future episodes of this seven-part series.

In part two of this seven part series about Colombia’s Tayrona Park, María Cecilia Sánchez escapes her frenetic city life to explore this natural national park from the standpoint of nature conservation, enlisting the help of field expert, José Castro, who explains geographic, historical and touristic aspects of the park's terrestrial ecosystem.

This last part of the series on Tayrona Natural National Park identifies the conflict between conserving and embracing the local fishermen, business owners, etc. as a fundamental part of the park and the fact that, despite having been there before the park was even a park, they are considered to be living there illegally.